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Comment by AHMED SUDAN on July 10, 2011 at 4:04pm

 pls vote for GDCO and the Telecentre movement

http://gedaref.com/newone/index.php?option=com_content&view=art...

 

Gedaref digital city organization GDCO  and our beloved Telecentres were   nominated for the eWorld awards with two projects and i do appreciate your voting  and pls ask your friends to vote

 1-  project 1  GDCO Sudan a partnership for community development

http://www.eworldforum.net/Voting/project-details.aspx?RegNo=EWN/193

 2- project 2    Telecentres, are they really tools community development?

http://www.eworldforum.net/Voting/project-details.aspx?RegNo=EWN/192

 the link for the two projects is

http://www.gedaref.com/newone/index.php?option=com_content&view...

it will be better Pls read the instruction how to vote   

http://gedaref.com/newone/index.php?option=com_content&view=art...  

after you read it you can click the link below to vote

http://eworldforum.net/voting/Default.aspx

also GDCO is key speaker and supporting partner http://www.eworldforum.net/egov-speakers.aspx    addressing  Telecentres: Effective Approaches and Best Practices on the first of august 2011

Comment by Francis Mwathi on March 24, 2010 at 2:59pm

Question
Hello! I represent a University in North-Kivu, DR Congo.

I understand you have allot of knowledge concerning internet connections in the East African region.

I need your advice. We currently have a 512/256 20:1 C band connection. It is not enough for our University and it's very expensive. Can you suggest other technologies that I can research?

Regards,
Eric Pederson

Answer

I would advice that you consult you service provider, see on the possibility of to 1GB bandwidth (i see that currently you have been allocated 512 megabytes). That means that you will have to pay twice you monthly charges. By the way do not worry about the charges as I found out yesterday it will go down by more than fifty percent. Actually I had gone to pay for our internet and when I asked for our bill they gave me a figure less that half what we usually pay. On inquiring about this they told me that with effect from 1st April, internet charges are going down by more than 50 percent .

An not yet sure about DRC but am sure very soon you will soon see these changes soon. Also try checking with other service providers. There are very many sprouting everywhere who are taking advantage of the promise of fibre optic cables and with the healthy competition going on they offer very affordable rates.

I hope that I have been of help, good luck.

Comment by Francis Mwathi on September 29, 2009 at 1:57pm

Hello Friends

I am very interested in the Microsoft Telecenter Owners and Operators Toolkit. It looks like a great resource. Unfortunately the links all seem to go to the pdfs that describe the toolkit, but none are the toolkit itself. This toolkit should be the equivalent of a CD-ROM of the resources that are described in the various pdfs.

If there is a way to get the actual contents of the CD-ROM that I am missing, could you please let me know?
Thanks very much, Heidi Neff (heidihneff@gmail.com)

Comment by Balaram Shrestha on August 17, 2009 at 11:06am

Hi, Thank for invitation, Iam glad to be part of it.

Comment by Francis Mwathi on July 7, 2009 at 3:02pm

Discussion Summary:

WIRELESS suppliers that would service Nepal Posted by Bhakta Raj Ranjit on June 25, 2009 at 12:44am in Knowledge-sharing: Tools & Practices


Synergy Nepal (SN)l, NGO committed to the promotion and establishment of telecenters in rural areas of Nepal, has already established 12 telecenters and will establish 13 telecenters within a couple of months with the support of different INGOs. SN is developing an innovative and sustainable project with high outreach in rural areas. Nepal is well-known for the Mt. Everest, the highest peak in the world, with 2/3 of her land covered by stiff, high hills and mountains. The reliable connectivity of internet with moderate operating costs for poor Nepali are challenging. I have got information on satellite to date. Accordingly, SATELLITE IS EXPENSIVE IN TERMS OF DEVICE AND OPERATING COST. My request to all friends, please provide me information on : wireless supplier that would service Nepal.

I am also requesting for VOLUNTEERS for 13 telecentres who are experience in ICT (wireless, satellite, distance teaching), Project Management and grants proposal writing in rural areas of Nepal.

Replies:
Reply by Alan Foo

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Maybe we can help. No need broadband. Any slow dial up will do.

Regards

Reply by Francis Mwathi

Can you try checking out these sites.

http://www.ts2.pl/en/Satellite-Internet/Nepal

http://www.ntc.net.np/

From Bhakta

Thanks for your generous information on satellite based internet technology. I highly appreciate for your efforts and give guidance for the sake of marginalized people. It is true that TS2 Satellite Internet services are being used in Nepal.



I have received some information from friends that this technology is very useful in rural areas of high hills and mountains like of Nepal.



Here are two other comments from my friends: 1) It’s operating cost is extremely expensive for rural poor people. Nepali Rupees (Rs). 20 per minute for a local phone call ( exchange rate US $ 1= Rs. 75). Whereas other local phone services are Rs. 2 per minute.



2) secondly, it hardware-telephone sets are also not cheap.

3) Thirdly, repair and maintenance: I am waiting on this information.



Therefore, considering the above comments, I would highly appreciate you if you could provide me more information on companies and technology which are affordable and reliable technology.

From Francis,

I have found a list of internet service providers in Nepal and you may go through them and find out their range of pricing.

http://nepalvisitors.com/business-directory/Internet-Provider/

Comment by Mtaki Mauluto Mtaki on June 25, 2009 at 10:49pm

Thank you for invitation. I realy appreciate to have a chance on this platform.

Comment by Grace wagithi Irungu on June 20, 2009 at 12:21am

Hi,thanks for the invite,I bet it will be a great forum for enlightening the community on telecenter management among others as we all share and learn.

Comment by Lucious O. Phiri on June 19, 2009 at 6:49am

hie all,
evaluating management of telecentre is a challenge -how do you look at the best model of evaluating performance of management.

Comment by Francis Mwathi on June 19, 2009 at 1:29am

Welcome new members. This is the section within this website where ou can questions or provide responses to telecentre management, content & service development, training, technical, fundraising or evaluation issues.

Once again you are welcomed.

Comment by Ezekiel Nyangweso on June 17, 2009 at 6:13pm

Iz how Francis, thanks for the invite.

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